I seem to be on a semi-regular schedule of weekly updates on Monday. No specific plan here, it's just happening that way.
When I got home from work on Friday I immediately joined a $2+0.25 two-table SnG at Full Tilt. I did reasonably okay, making the final table. Then some idiot with a big stack decides to throw his chips around. Two calls to me in the BB with AQs. I raise to 4BB. One call and then a push from the bigger stack. I correctly make the call as he turns over QJo, making me a 3:1 favorite. Of course, the flop brings a KT and he rivers a 9 to send me home. What got me was some clown not in the hand typing "nh" into the chat. Was that sarcasm or was he really so stupid to type "nh" when the guy hits a 15% shot on the river? Oh well, that's poker.
On Sunday I played another $2+0.25. Just a single table this time. I made one stupid move early and never recovered. I get AKo in the SB. There are three calls ahead of me so I make it 5BB to go. The guy in the cutoff, holding 34s makes the call. For the life of me I don't understand this. He puts in almost 20% of his stack on a real long shot hand. Of course, he hits it big when the flop brings 567. Assuming that flop had to miss anyone who called a 5BB pre-flop raise, I bet 2/3 the pot. The other guy naturally pushes. This is where I made the stupid move. Even assuming the guy missed the flop, if he pushes at this point he's probably got me beat. I'm getting 3:1 pot odds, but I think it was still a mistake to make the call. Well, obviously it was a mistake since the best I could hope for at this point was a runner-runner chop.
I hit a few hands after that, but I would have needed an incredible run of luck to survive after that hit.
Seeing how early I was likely to be exiting that tournament, I jumped into a $10, $15k guaranteed tournament. I never got any traction at all in that one. Then I made a stupid move with ATo and ran right into AA. I guess I was getting impatient because I wasn't getting much in the way of cards and when I got something halfway decent it never amounted to much. Didn't quite make the top half of the field in that one.
I played a bit of $0.02/$0.05 NL on behalf of The Quest. I had some decent sessions Sunday, earning $9.81 total. I'm taking all this week off, so I played a bit this afternoon, winning $2.63 in one session. The Quest bankroll is almost back up to the all time high. I shouldn't really be playing $0.02/$0.05 with this bankroll, but I'm willing to take the small chance in order to build the bankroll faster. If I start losing big I can always drop back.
24 November 2008
17 November 2008
The Weekend
I played a bit more poker this weekend than I have in a while. Friday I played a bit of ring NL at Stars on behalf of The Quest. I made one big mistake. I knew better, but I did it anyway. Ended the session down a few dollars.
Saturday I played Dr. Pauly's PLO tourney at Stars. My cards ran hot and cold. Fairly early it looked like I was on my way out so I signed up for a $3 rebuy satellite to the Sunday Warm-up ($750k guaranteed). Then I ran AA into AA and rivered a small straight to take down what should have been a split pot. Another AA victory and instead of small stack I was in third.
This was good news and bad news. Good news because I was still alive, but bad news because the rebuy started right about the time we went to the break in PLO. I have enough problems counting outs in PLO. Trying to do it while also playing a rebuy hold'em tournament is really more than I can handle. It was made somewhat easier by my getting absolutely nothing playable in the rebuy, even considering it was a rebuy.
I ended up rebuying a couple times and doing the add-on at the break, but I went out tragically early in the satellite. In Dr. Pauly's tourney I went out in fifth, I think, when I ran QQ into AA and we both flopped a set. Oh well... At least Pauly's tournament is always fun.
I'm taking off work all next week and have been considering heading to the Hard Rock in Tampa to play some live poker. My casino cruise experience has me thinking I could probably do okay at the Hard Rock. Perhaps I'll try hitting The Quest a bit harder this week to practice up.
Saturday I played Dr. Pauly's PLO tourney at Stars. My cards ran hot and cold. Fairly early it looked like I was on my way out so I signed up for a $3 rebuy satellite to the Sunday Warm-up ($750k guaranteed). Then I ran AA into AA and rivered a small straight to take down what should have been a split pot. Another AA victory and instead of small stack I was in third.
This was good news and bad news. Good news because I was still alive, but bad news because the rebuy started right about the time we went to the break in PLO. I have enough problems counting outs in PLO. Trying to do it while also playing a rebuy hold'em tournament is really more than I can handle. It was made somewhat easier by my getting absolutely nothing playable in the rebuy, even considering it was a rebuy.
I ended up rebuying a couple times and doing the add-on at the break, but I went out tragically early in the satellite. In Dr. Pauly's tourney I went out in fifth, I think, when I ran QQ into AA and we both flopped a set. Oh well... At least Pauly's tournament is always fun.
I'm taking off work all next week and have been considering heading to the Hard Rock in Tampa to play some live poker. My casino cruise experience has me thinking I could probably do okay at the Hard Rock. Perhaps I'll try hitting The Quest a bit harder this week to practice up.
10 November 2008
Little Questing
I jumped into a cheap SnG on FullTilt yesterday on behalf of The Quest. This was the first tournament in my recollection where I had good success playing on almost entirely chutzpah. Until fairly late I got no really good cards at all. Suited connectors were the best I saw.
This was, however, a table full of people who were almost all obviously playing their cards, not the board or the other players. I stole pot after pot with impunity. I even was forced to show some of the total junk I was playing and still no one seemed to catch on that most of the time I was betting with air.
When it got down to heads up I was slightly behind. It took just a couple hands to correct that. I turned up the heat even more and my opponent clearly didn't know how to handle it. It didn't hurt that I actually started getting some cards. I think heads up might have lasted five minutes. If only they were all this easy. Add another $6.75 to The Quest bankroll.
My Full Tilt bonus chase is officially over. I cleared $20 of the $50 bonus and lost $170 doing so. Well worth the effort. (Where's that sarcasm emoticon?) This was not considered part of The Quest since I was playing way beyond my Quest bankroll on this.
I'm planning to take all of Thanksgiving week off of work. This might be a good opportunity to head back over to the Hard Rock in Tampa. It's been two years since I played the $275 tourney there on Thanksgiving. They've been offering $100 buy-in NL for over a year now. Maybe it's time to check it out. If it turns out to be anything like my recent experience on the casino cruise it could end up quite profitable.
This was, however, a table full of people who were almost all obviously playing their cards, not the board or the other players. I stole pot after pot with impunity. I even was forced to show some of the total junk I was playing and still no one seemed to catch on that most of the time I was betting with air.
When it got down to heads up I was slightly behind. It took just a couple hands to correct that. I turned up the heat even more and my opponent clearly didn't know how to handle it. It didn't hurt that I actually started getting some cards. I think heads up might have lasted five minutes. If only they were all this easy. Add another $6.75 to The Quest bankroll.
My Full Tilt bonus chase is officially over. I cleared $20 of the $50 bonus and lost $170 doing so. Well worth the effort. (Where's that sarcasm emoticon?) This was not considered part of The Quest since I was playing way beyond my Quest bankroll on this.
I'm planning to take all of Thanksgiving week off of work. This might be a good opportunity to head back over to the Hard Rock in Tampa. It's been two years since I played the $275 tourney there on Thanksgiving. They've been offering $100 buy-in NL for over a year now. Maybe it's time to check it out. If it turns out to be anything like my recent experience on the casino cruise it could end up quite profitable.
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